The Ultimate Tragedy Is No Injustice And Cruelty By The Bad People But The Silence Over The Good People

Writer, Elie Wiesel in his metaphorical speech “The perils of Indifference” argues that the future will never know the agony of the Holocaust and they will never understand the tragedy of the horrific terror in Germany. Wiesel wants people to not let this happen but at the time many modern genocides that are occurring and people shouldn’t be focused on just the Holocaust, they should focus on making this world a better place; moreover, Wiesel expresses his thoughts about all the genocides that has happen throughout the years. He develops his message through in an horrifying event that took place 54 years ago the day “ The perils of Indifference” was published. Wiesel illustrates the indifferences of good vs evil. He develops this message

He was finally free, no joy filled his heart but abandonment was drowning it. How dangerous is indifference to humankind as it pertains to suffering and the need for conscience understanding when people are faced with unjust behaviors? Elie Wiesel is an award winning author and novelist who has endured and survived hardships. One of the darkest times in history, a massacre of over six million Jews, the Holocaust and Hitler himself. After the Holocaust he went on and wrote the internationally acclaimed memoir “Night,” in which he spoke out against persecution and injustice across the world. In the compassionate yet pleading speech, ¨Perils of Indifference,¨ Elie Wiesel analyzes the injustices that himself and others endured during the twentieth century, as well as the hellish acts of the Holocaust through effective rhetorical choices.

I swore never to remain silent whenever and wherever humans beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.- Elie Weisel

“The Perils of Indifference” by Elie Wiesel, explains the true and utter horror of indifference. There is a clear emphasis on the morality exhibited in the act as well as the disappointment in the US government’s ability to respond to such a horrible act. It is obvious that Wiesel establishes tones of morality, condescendingness, and caution through diction, imagery, as well as syntax used in the speech. Although Wiesel describes how indifference has a massive effect on the victims even though by the very nature, bystanders do nothing. Indifference itself shows lack of regard for those in need and that can be perceived as morally lacking, which Wiesel condemns in the highest degree.

Quote 1 neutrally helps the oppressor never the victim silence encourages the tormentor never the tormented .silence makes the tormentor feel like he is doing something right but if you talk about it and let the world know .They’ll realize they are doing something wrong. If they was to put me in a death camp and I survived I would let the world know about all the suffering and torture I went through and that Hitler’s way of

“I am obsessed with silence because of the silence of the world. I do not understand why the world was silent when we needed its outcry. I always come back to that problem. Where were the humanists, the leaders, the liberals, and the spokesmen for mankind? The victims needed them.

Elie Wiesel, the author of the memoir, Night. As well as receiver of a Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. Where he also gave an acceptance speech. Uses many different aspects of writing/speaking to persuade his audience of the importance of speaking out against injustice. In one part of his acceptance speech, Elie talks about the holocaust and how all of the people in the world are bystanders. His word choice really helps to create a big impact in the meaning of his speech. He really appeals to people’s pathos. “...And that is why I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who stand by and do nothing.” - Albert Einstein

Elie Wiesel argues that indifference denies the humanity of victims and urges people to face their own indifference.

During times of war, people's humanity is negatively affected without them even knowing. People cause suffering by doing nothing - by not interfering with bad things that happen, self-proclaimed ‘good people’ allow others to undergo misery. Elie Wiesel speaks about the world’s lack of intervention during the Holocaust in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, angry, “that the world did know and remained silent” (Document B), and goes on to explain how, “neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented” (Document B). Wiesel is anguished that so many people stood by and watched as others were systematically murdered by their own government. Regular citizens were so stricken with horror

The argument that “the greatest threat to one’s own humanity is indifference to the suffering of others” is accurate, because compassion for each other is what brings one’s humanity closer together.

Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Elie Wiesel in his straightforward speech, “The Perils of Indifference,” asserts that the inhumanity of indifference is still relevant today and can have negative effects on humanity unless society acts to abolish indifference. He develops his message through highlighting his experience in the holocaust as well as the multitude of tragedies that had occurred that century and how indifference can be handled; he states “Society was composed of three simple categories: the killer, the victim, and the bystander.”(par 14) which shows how his experience and society today is categorized. He addresses how people in concentration camps were ignored and how the world can learn from this tragic, inhumane event. Wiesel’s

Elie Wiesel talks about the dangers of being silent against a time of need, and how that will cause an event like the holocaust to happen again.

Elie Wiesel speaks about the Holocaust and the perished Jews. No one spoke for the Jews, because they were afraid of Hitler, that makes them just as guilty. Elie leads his speech up to the quote “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never

People all over the world are suffering or in danger and no one is helping. In the memoir, Night, author Elie Wiesel describes what it felt like to be a part of the suffering and devastation of the Holocaust. Similar to Wiesel’s memoir, Martin Niemoller’s poem, “First They Came For The Communists”, expresses the feelings the author possessed in the time of the Nazi invasions. Lastly, Elie Wiesel’s speech, “The Perils of Indifference,” discusses how indifference can be adverse. All of these texts represent how speaking up for one another can be helpful and ignoring what is going on in the world can be detrimental. All people should be obligated to aid and assist others when they are in dangerous situations because bystanding only causes more